The Duties of the Merarites

Numbers 3:33-39

M'rari fathered the clans of Machli and Mushi; these were the M'rari clans.

Of them, 6,200 males a month old and over were counted.

The chief of the M'rari clan was Tzuri'el the son of Avichayil. They were to camp next to the tabernacle, toward the north.

The M'rari clans were assigned responsibility for the frames of the tabernacle, along with its crossbars, posts, sockets and fittings, together with their maintenance;

also the posts of the surrounding courtyard, with their sockets, pegs and ropes.

Those who were to camp in front of the tabernacle on the east, in front of the tent of meeting toward the sunrise, were Moshe, Aharon and his sons who were in charge of the Holy Place. They carried out their responsibility on behalf of the people of Isra'el, and anyone else who involved himself was to be put to death.

The total number of L'vi'im whom Moshe and Aharon counted by their clans, all the males a month old and over, was 22,000.

The Duties of the Merarites

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